RA police prevents illegal call-centers` activities 

ArmInfo.  The Armenian Criminal Police have uncovered and suspended the fourth criminal "call center" this year. The press service of the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs police reported this to ArmInfo.

It is noted that police officers and the Investigative Committee of  Armenia managed to uncover yet another criminal organization thanks  to information received by the Criminal Police Department for  Combating Cybercrime and a surprise search that caught the criminals  off guard.

Hayk Mkrtchyan, Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Cybercrime  Department, reported that this information revealed that a group of  individuals, by prior conspiracy, rented office space in a commercial  building operating in Yerevan's Arabkir district, set it up as a  criminal "call center," and committed computer theft on an especially  large scale. "Favorable conditions were created for the theft of  funds from citizens located in foreign countries using internet phone  calls and remotely accessible computers," the Ministry of Internal  Affairs explained.

According to the source, members of the criminal organization, who  are citizens of Armenia and other countries, as well as the computer  equipment they used, were discovered during the search. "The criminal  police are actively cooperating with law enforcement agencies in  foreign countries to obtain information about individuals who have  suffered as a result of the criminal organization's actions abroad,"  the ministry reported.

The Ministry also called on Armenian citizens to exercise extreme  vigilance, warning that participation in the activities of such "call  centers" entails criminal liability.